1. U.S. History/ Math Bellringer – Day 37 – Range, Child Labor, Working Hours, and Reform By U.S. History Team SHS Social Studies Dept.

2. Bellringer – Day 37 – Range, Child Labor, Working Hours, and Reform Academic Language Range: In statistics, the difference between the largest and the smallest numbers in a data set Child Labor: The full-time employment of children Laws in the U.S. made it illegal in 1916 (Progressive Era) and expanded it in the 1930s (the Great Depression) Reform: The action or process of changing an institution or practice (usually something social, political, or economic) in order to improve it Progressivism: The principles and practice of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society.

3. Bellringer – Day 37 – Range, Child Labor, Working Hours, and Reform What was the range of the percentage of child labor between the ages of 10 and 15 between 1890 and 1920? How did reform efforts to decrease child labor in 1916 demonstrate that Progressivism had a strong impact in the early 20 th century?

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5. Bellringer – Day 37 – Range, Child Labor, Working Hours, and Reform Because the highest percentage of child labor takes place in 1900 (18.2) and the lowest percentage of child labor takes place in 1920 (11.3) in this data set, the difference between the two is 18.2%-11.3% = 6.9%. Therefore, the range in this data set is 6.9%. Answers will vary, but the Keiting-Owen Act, made it illegal for companies to do business with companies that had certain types of child labor and didn’t allow any company to have children work more than eight hours. This law demonstrated that many government officials believed in progressivism because it was starting to change it laws in order to improve society by making child labor illegal. This demonstrated that reform of laws could impact economic activity, and the way that society responded.